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Valve has apparently been working with known Magic: The Gathering designer Richard Garfield since 2014 to come up with an all-new game for PC, consoles, and mobile. It is called Artifact, and it's a Dota 2-themed collectible card game that looks like it will be Valve's answer to Hearthstone. The console and PC release dates are scheduled for the end of 2018, but the sad news is that it will not be hitting Android until mid-2019. Okay, the first exciting tidbit about Artifact is that it will be the first game built with the Source 2 engine for mobile platforms. So it should be exciting to see how well this first effort performs. But knowing Valve, I doubt they will release anything that isn't adequate. Another interesting development is that it will not have a single-player campaign. Supposedly this is so players will focus on playing against human opponents, which in all honesty they would have to if there is no single-player mode available. While I am not a fan of … [Read more...] about Valve’s upcoming Dota 2 card game ‘Artifact’ is coming to Android in 2019

It’s fitting that our strategy game of the year comes from one of the most important publishers on the PC. Steel Division: Normandy ’44 tops our list of the best strategy games of the year. It’s a worthy choice, and it showcases Paradox Interactive‘s approach to publishing on the PC. It came out in late May, and the Eugen Systems development team has already come out with an expansion and a slew of free content updates. Of course, this shouldn’t surprise anyone. Paradox has a well-earned rep for supporting its games years after release. Europa Universalis IV came out in 2013, and the publisher released its 12th expansion for its grand-strategy masterpiecein November. Crusader Kings II is a year older than EU4, and it recently got its 14th expansion. Since Steel Division hit, Eugen has included three new battlefields, six new units, two ace models, dedicated servers for multiplayer, a remastered first mission and effects, and an update that it … [Read more...] about PC Gaming Weekly: Paradox loves single-player games

Amateur developers are no longer allowed to sell their custom game add-ons — "mods," as they are commonly known — via PC gaming platform Steam, just four days after Valve launched a program aimed at monetizing user-created content. It became clear to Steam gatekeeper Valve Software after less than a week that giving fan-creators the option to sell their mods was a mistake. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was the first and only game to be included in the program, but the torrent of negative feedback directed at both Valve and the modding community prompted an abrupt about-face. SEE ALSO: Fan hack turns Super Mario 64 into a 2-player game "We've done this because it's clear we didn't understand exactly what we were doing," Valve's Alden Kroll writes in a blog post on Steam. "We've been shipping many features over the years aimed at allowing community creators to receive a share of the rewards, and in the past, they've been received well. It's obvious now that … [Read more...] about Why the first big attempt at paying game modders failed spectacularly

Game developer Valve is reporting that it has banned more than 20,000 accounts from its Steam online gaming service after detecting attempts to register illegally obtained copies of its hit PC game "Half Life 2." A Valve representative posting at the company's user forums site said the accounts were scrapped because users either tried to register the game with a pirated CD activation key or open an account with a stolen credit card. Valve launched the Steam service two years ago to distribute game updates and other content. With "Half Life 2," Valve used the service to distribute early chunks of game code and to register copies of the game via a product activation process, an increasingly common way for software makers to fight piracy. In a separate posting, the Valve representative advised against buying Steam accounts on eBay, saying most accounts for sale there were stolen or otherwise illegitimate. … [Read more...] about Valve bans ‘Half Life 2’ players

Hold back the Horde, because Bungie's PC version of its upcoming massively multiplayer online (MMO) game Destiny 2 will exclusively run on Blizzard's Battle.net gaming service.Alongside Blizzard's own World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Starcraft II, Diablo III, Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm, Destiny 2 will be the first non-Blizzard game to be available on the service. And it will be exclusive, so don't expect to see it appear on Valve's Steam service anytime soon.The sequel to 2014's hugely popular Destiny, from Halo creator Bungie and publisher Activision Blizzard, the PC version of Destiny 2 promises 4K support and custom key mapping for gamers. The announcement was made in a livestream event earlier today, and will give Destiny 2 players access to all of Blizzard's Battle.net social functionality as well as stream live gameplay to Facebook. Battle.net is Blizzard's networking service and game launcher, an app you download for your PC that connects you to the company's servers and … [Read more...] about Destiny 2 on PC will be exclusive to Blizzard’s Battle.net

It's October, so do me a favor: Curl up on a couch this weekend, drink some cider, and watch a horror movie. You know, something cliché.Or just play Gears of War 4. Whatever.This week, we get our first look at Wasteland 3 and an extended look at Torment: Tides of Numenera, Ubisoft confirms Beyond Good & Evil 2 for like the tenth time, EA gives away Dungeon Keeper, and the Outlast 2 demo rustles some corn on Steam. This is gaming news for October 2 through 6.Remember when EA released that mobile follow-up to Dungeon Keeper a few years ago and completely ruined everything in the entire world? (Slight hyperbole, maybe.) Well, now you can head over to Origin and grab the unspoiled original Dungeon Keeper for the low, low price of free. Peter Molyneux's 1997 classic is the latest in EA's On the House program. Grab it while you can.Humble's stepped up its game with some decent packages in recent months, including the latest Humble Company of Heroes 10th Anniversary Bundle: … [Read more...] about This week in games: EA gives away Dungeon Keeper, InXile shows off Wasteland 3

The Vulkan graphics API designed as an open rival to Microsoft's DirectX 12 just added another feather to its cap, and boy, it's a doozy.Valve recently added a Vulkan beta update to Dota 2, the company’s massively popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, a.k.a. far and away the most-played game on Steam. Anyone interested in trying out Vulkan will find it in the game’s DLC section on Steam, as first noticed by Tom’s Hardware.Getting Vulkan to power Dota 2 isn’t as simple as clicking a box. The graphics API has to be enabled with the -vulkan flag in the launch options, and you also have to get rid of DirectX and OpenGL flags if you see them. Valve also says you have to be running the Steam Client Beta—Valve has instructions on how to do that—to get the Vulkan version of the Steam Overlay.Vulkan's still in beta mode with Dota 2 so there are a few known issues. Valve says you may see some short stuttering on startup related to a … [Read more...] about Steam’s most popular game just added support for Vulkan, DirectX 12’s more open rival

After 20 years as a Mac user, I’ve decided to switch to using a Windows PC, and I’m bringing you along for the ride. And what a ride it is—we've covered every angle: What drove me to switch from Mac to PCWhat to think about when choosing your first Windows 10 laptopThe challenge of finding replacements for your Mac OS softwareHow to get Windows to play nicely with your iOS devicesThis time, the focus is on a topic where Microsoft has traditionally trounced Apple: gaming.There’s no denying that over the past few years, thanks to the App Store and services like Steam, gaming on a Mac is better than it's ever been. But with a library of titles that spans decades and a large, dedicated community of developers and players, Windows computers are undisputed for gaming.There’s so much to say about Windows gaming that all I can do is point you in the right directions—tell you what Windows 10 has to offer, and name the most awesome … [Read more...] about Switching from Mac to PC, part 5: Gaming is a serious business

GOG.com is joining rival Steam in selling early access to unfinished games, but with a more cautious approach.The “games in development” program is kicking off with five titles: Starbound, Ashes of the Singularity, Project Zomboid, TerraTech, and The Curious Expedition. (All of these games are also available through Steam’s Early Access program already.)As with all GOG offerings, the big difference compared to Steam is the absence of digital rights management. The games will also support GOG’s optional Galaxy launcher client, which lets players turn off auto-updates and roll back to previous versions. This should be especially useful for early access games, whose stability and features are always changing.GOG also suggests that it will be fairly selective with early access games, “carefully evaluating” which ones will be available. Marcin Iwinski, co-founder of GOG owner CD Projekt, has previously criticized Steam’s Early Access program for a … [Read more...] about GOG gets into early access games with 14-day refund policy

Nintendo Switch happens to be a wonderful console that is particularly good for party games. Jackbox Party Pack 1 and 2 will be coming to Switch soon. Get the Free Tracker App to find a Luvabella in Stock The company declared on its Facebook account regarding this new development. Regarding the details, the company was pretty much silent. When the games will be released and what their price tags will be remain for all purposes a mystery. Right now, they cost about $25 on Steam.The two games contain within their repertoire: You Don’t Know Jack, Fibbage XL, Drawful, Word Spud, Lie Swatter, Fibbage 2, Earwax, Bidiots, Quiplash and Bomb Corp.Many gamers will particularly like Fibbage and Drawful. Yet the overall champ remains Quiplash. Even Jackbox Party Pack 3 came to Switch early onwards in 2017.A fourth pack remains in the pipeline for now. While the release date has not been announced, players who are curious about the whole deal may sign up for updates. The Jackbox series … [Read more...] about Nintendo Switch Is Getting Jackbox Party Pack 1 And 2